On a rehabilitation case from a criminal law perspective: Case of Đoka Dunđerski, landowner and industrialist from Novi Sad

Abstract

Rehabilitation of individuals sentenced for political or ideological reasons has been a debated issue in our legal system for the past decade. The case of rehabilitation of Đoka Dunđerski is one of the most famous cases before the High Court of Novi Sad, and most certainly one of the pioneering complex court cases of rehabilitation of a famous person. Legal consequences of this case relating to confiscated property have added to its importance. The justice restored more than sixty years later, at the very onset of application of the Law on Rehabilitation inspired this researcher to examine not only the rehabilitation itself but to examine criminal law, and certain criminal procedure law aspects of the prior conviction.